The Tobacco Habit

Smokeless tobacco--health hazards from a good 'ole habit.

History of tobacco use A LTHOUGH tobacco is now almost always associated with smoking, this is a relatively new trend in the long-recorded history of tobacco. For almost 500 years, snuff or chewing tobacco were the predominant forms and may even have been the original methods of taking tobacco. As early as Columbus' second voyage in 1493, Friar Roman Paine's journals described the taking of snu...

Nitrogen Transformations in the Tobacco Float Tobacco System

In order to investigate the possibility of using organic fertilizers in tobacco floating nursery, an experiment was conducted at tobacco research institute of Urmia in 2010. The experiment was done as factorial trail based on randomized complete block design (CRBD) with four replications. The levels of first factor were disinfected poultry manure, disinfected pigeon manure, a complete fertilize...

Nitrogen Transformations in the Tobacco Float Tobacco System

In order to investigate the possibility of using organic fertilizers in tobacco floating nursery, an experiment was conducted at tobacco research institute of Urmia in 2010. The experiment was done as factorial trail based on randomized complete block design (CRBD) with four replications. The levels of first factor were disinfected poultry manure, disinfected pigeon manure, a complete fertilize...

Crystal Habit Modification Using Habit Modifiers

Stompboxes: Kicking the Habit

Sensor-based gesture recognition is investigated as a possible solution to the problem of managing an overwhelming number of audio effects in live guitar performances. A realtime gesture recognition system, which automatically toggles digital audio effects according to gestural information captured by an accelerometer attached to the body of a guitar, is presented. To supplement the several pre...